Journal-bearing.



No. 737,962. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1903.

' A. RAYMOND.

JOURNAL BEARING.

AIPLIOA'TION FILED my 19, 1902.

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A. RAYMOND. JOURNAL BEARING.

APPLICATION IlLED MAY 19,1902. N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

W/TNESSES fi/ ayen vs'aeea UNITED STATES Patented September l, 1903 PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT RAYMOND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; MARY M. BARTELME ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID RAYMOND, DECEASED.

JOURNAL-BEARING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,962, dated September 1, 1903.

Application filed May 19, 1902. $erial No. 108,039. N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LALBERT Rnvnonma citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in J o urn al-Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to journal-bearings adapted for use in pulverizing-mills or in like situations where the bearing is more or less exposed to a cloud of finelypulverized material, and especially where the bearing supports a rotatable shaft which is mounted within but does not extend through the bearing.

The object of my invention is to provide such a bearing which shall be simple and durable in construction, readily accessible and yet dust-proof, and which shall be provided with oil-chambers so arranged that the movable portions of the bearing shall eonstantly rotate within a body of oil.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved bearing. on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 3 is a like section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of a modification, and Fig. 5 shows a modified form of my invention.

-R-eferring by letter to the accompanying drawings, my improved j ournalbox consists of a body-casing A, a top cap 13, and a bottom cap C. The casing A is provided with a centrally-disposed cylindrical opening, which is surrounded at its upper end by the shoulder D, upon which is mounted a brass or bearing E. This brass or bearing may be held against rotation in any suitable manner-as, for instance, by means of the dowel-pin e. The opening within the upper portion of the casing A, in which the bearing E is mounted, is

enlarged to form an oil-chamber F. Fitted within the upper portion of the casing A is a bearing G. This side bearing is preferably provided at its upper end with an annular shoulder g, which rests upon the upper end Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the casing A and is supported thereby. The bearing G is provided at intervals with openings which communicate with corresponding openings through the casing A. Vithin these openings in the bearing G are fitted pads H of any suitable material for conveying oil by capillary action.

I is a cylindrical sleeve which is tightly fitted within the central opening through the casing A and extends upward around the shaft J to a point adjacent to the upper end of the casing A. The shaft J is provided adjacent to its upper end with abearing-sleeve K, which is secured to the shaft by a key j or in any othersuitable manner. This bearingsleeve supports the shaft and extends downwardly within and in contact with the bear ing G and rests upon the end-thrust bearing E. lVithin its lower portion the bearingsleeve K is cut away to form an oil-chamber L, surrounding the sleeve I.

The body-casing A is provided with an external annular shoulder a, upon which rests a corresponding annular shoulder 12 at the lower end of the upper cap B. The internal diameter of the lower portion of the cap B is somewhat greater than the external diameter of the upperend of the casing A, thereby providing an oil chamber l\I, surrounding the upper end of the casing A. The cap B is provided with an oil-feed opening Z7, leading to this oil-chamber M. The bearing-sleeve K is provided internally with a spiral oil-duct is, extending downwardly from a point adjacent to the upper end of the sleeve 1.

The oil-chamber F is provided with anoutlet f, through which surplus oil, dirt, and the like may be drawn on. fromthe bottom of said oilchamber. The feed-opening b and the discharge-opening f are normally kept closed in any suitable manner.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that when oil is fed into the feed-opening b it will fill the oil chambers F M and finding its way between the bottom of the bearing-sleeve K and the bearing E will work into and fill the oil-chamber L, whence it may flow over the top of the sleeve or dam I and thence downwardly between said sleeve I and the shaft J.

Vith this arrangement the bearing-sleeve K will always rotate within the bearing G and upon the bearin g'E while surrounded by a body of oil which extends to the top of the bearing G. The oil will not only work its way between the bearing G and the sleeve K, but its feed to this point will be facilitated by the capillary action of the oil-pads H. It is well known, however, that when a journal-box of this class is mounted upon the periphery of a spider, which in turn is mounted upon and rotated by a main shaft, the tendency of the centrifugal force thus generated is to throw the oil to one side of the journal-box. This might have a tendency to cause an undue flow of the oil over the sleeve or dam I at one side of the shaft J. To meet this contingency, I

have provided the spiral oil-duct k, leading downwardly from a point adjacent to the top of the sleeve I, so that as the bearing-sleeve K, which is provided with this spiral oil-duct, revolves within the journal-box the action of the spiral oil-duct will be to promote a constant downward flow of the oil from the upper end of the sleeve I into the chamber L. In other words, the action of this spiral oil-duct will be in a direction to oppose the flow of the oil upward over the top of the sleeve I.

WVithin the lower portion of the casing A is mounted a bearing G, withinwhich are mounted pads H, which are in communication with an oil-chamber N.

Tightly fitted to the shaft J and mounted within the bearing G is a bearing-sleeve O. The lower cap 0 is attached to the lower end of the casing A in any suitable manner to form a tight joint therewith and surrounds the lower portion of the casing A, so as to provide the oil-chamber N within the cap Oand surrounding the sides and lower end of the casing A. Above the bearing G and surrounding the bearingsleeve 0 is an oil-chamber P. The bearingsleeve 0 is provided internally with a spiral oil-duct 0, leading downwardly from the upper end of the sleeve or dam c, which is preferably formed integrally with the lower cap 0. A dustdefleotor Q is rigidly attached to the shaft J at a point below and adjacent to the lower side of the cap 0.

From the previous explanation the relation and operation of the pads at the lower end of the journal-box will be readily understood. In Fig. 4 I have shown the casing A provided with an oil-d not on, leading from the oil-chamber lll direct to the oil-chamber F.

In addition to the advantages previously noted it will also be perceived that with my construction I provide a journal boX and bearing so arranged that the shaft J, with the bearing-sleeve K O, is free to move vertically within the journal box and bearing. This will be recognized as of especial advantage in the construction of crushing-mills, where it is desirable that the crushing-rolls shall be free to rise over refractory material.

In order to further equalize the quantity of oil in the various oil-chambers, as well as to facilitate the feed of oil to the bearing G, I

provide the bearing-sleeve K with an oil-duct Z, which is preferably located adjacent to the upper end of the oil-chamber L, opposite one of the pads H. Of course more than one of these ducts may be provided, if desired. So, also, if desired, the pads H may be dispensed with wholly or in part, so as to leave an unobstructed opening for the flow of oil between the oil-chambers L and M. If desired, an oil-duct m may be provided, leading downwardly from the chamber Las, for instance, directly to the upper surface of the end-thrust bearing-E, as shown in Fig. 1. \Vith this arrangement the oil is free to circulate through the oil-chambers L, M, and F, passing from F to L, or vice versa, either by workingits way between the bearing-sleeve K and the bearings E and G or by passing directly through the oil-ducts x m m, or both. In like manner the flow of .oil between the inner and outer divisions of the oil-chambers L M at the lower end of the bearing may be facilitated by means of the oil-duct 0.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modified form of my device in which the bearingsleeve K is elongated to rest upon an end-thrust bearing E, adjacent to the extreme bottom of the journal-box. The dam I also extends to the bottom of the journal-box, where it is provided with lateral flanges, which are clamped between the disk 0 and the casing A, the casing being provided, as before, with the upper and lower vertical bearings G and G and being enlarged intermediate of the upper and lower bearings to provide an enlarged oilchamber M.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1. In a journal-box, the combination with a bearing of a sleeve rotating on said bearing,

a dam arranged within said sleeve, said sleeve being provided with an oil-duct leading to a point opposite said dam, and an oil-chamber leading from the bearing-surfaces of said sleeve and said bearingto the inner end of said 1 duct, substantially as described. 2. A journal-box, comprising a casing con taining two connected chambers, a dam fitted at one end within the passage connecting said chambers, and extending only into the uppermost of said chambers, a shaft to fit loosely within said dam whereby the oil will flow over said dam and into the lower chamber, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a shaft of a journal box and bearing, fitted within said jou1'- nal-box, a bearing-sleeve fitted to said shaft and rotating within said journal-box, an a11- nular dam surrounding said shaft and arranged within said bearing-sleeve,said sleevebearing provided with an oil-duct extending therethrough to a point opposite to said dam, and an oil-chamber arranged with reference to said bearing, to provide a passage from between the bearing-surfaces of said sleeve and said bearing to the inner end of said first named oil-duct, substantially as described.

4. In a journal-box, the combination with a casing, comprising upper and lower chambers, of bearings arranged within said chambers and a bearingsleeve, arranged to rotate within said bearing in one of said chambers and supported upon an end-thrust bearing, a shaft carried by said bearing-sleeve, a second bearing-sleeve rigidly secured to said shaft and arranged to rotate within the other of said chambers, an annular dam arranged within each of said bearing-sleeves, all arranged to provide an overflow-passage lead ing over the upper dam to the bearing in the lower chamber, substantially as described.

5. In a journal-box, the combination with a bearing of a shaft, an annular dam surrounding said shaft and extending upwardly to a point adjacent to the upper end of said bearing, a bearing-sleeve attached to said shaft and arranged to surround said dam and to rotate within said bearing, said bearingsleeve being provided intern ally with a spiral oil-duct surrounding said dam and leading downwardly from a point adjacent to the upper end thereof, substantially as described.

6. In a journal-box, the combination with a bearing, of a shaft, an annular dam surrounding said shaft, a bearing-sleeve, attached to said shaft, arranged to surround said dam and to rotate within said bearing, and having its interior formed to provide an oil-ch amber between said bearing-sleeve and said dam, and an oil-chamber surrounding said bearing, said bearing-sleeve being provided with oil-passages connecting said oilchambers adjacent to their upper and lower ends, substantially as described.

7. In a journal-box, the combination with a vertical bearing and a horizontal bearing, of a shaft, a bearing-sleeve secured to said shaft, arranged to rotate within said vertical bearing and upon said horizontal bearing, and a lubricating means, substantially as described.

S. In a journal-box, the combination with a shaft, of a bearing, a bearing-sleeve attached to said shaft and supported upon said bearing, and means for lubricating the said shaft, substantially as described.

9. In a journal-box, the combination With a shaft, of a bearing, a bearing-sleeve attached to said shaft and arranged to support the same, a portion of said bearing-sleeve being arranged to surround a portion of said shaft without being in contact therewith, and means for lubricating the said shaft, substantially as described.

10. In a journal-box, the combination with the casing and the shaft arranged therein, of a bearing-sleeve secured to the said shaft, a bearing secured in said casing and encircling the said bearing-sleeve, a dam arranged with the said bearing-sleeve, and means for feeding the lubricant to the said shaft.

ALBERT RAYMOND.

lVitnesses:

O. R. BARNETT, M. E. SHIELDS. 

